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Word: birdsman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time of the year, such dedicated birders journey out to the woods, thickets and swamps with binoculars at the ready. Their aim is simple: to enjoy the pure outdoorsy fun of spotting birds. The rarer the find, the prouder the birder, who rushes to seek out the nearest fellow birdsman to report his triumph. Most of these birders are among the 235,000 members of Audubon societies, which this year sent out about 10,000 people in platoons to take the 1961 bird census in 50 states. Each group covered a specific sector with a 15-mile diameter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Rarae Aves | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

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